By now, you’ve probably read bits and pieces about the governor’s proposed new budget which includes an expansion of the sales tax, a decrease in the income tax and a few million tons of asphalt for our pothole-plagued roads.
If these proposals look familiar to you, they are.
U.S. Congressman Bruce Poliquin
(R-Maine)
Born and raised in central Maine, I understand how tough our winters can be, and how expensive it is to heat our homes. As a boy, on some nights, I wore my coat to bed because it was so frigid outside. Our family, like the neighbors, couldn’t afford to turn up the furnace.
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins
(R-Maine)
Effective health care reform should provide Americans with access to quality and affordable care while also encouraging economic growth. Unfortunately, flaws in the Affordable Care Act, also known as “Obamacare,” are discouraging employers from hiring and are resulting in part-time workers having their hours reduced and thus their paychecks cut.
The AARP Tax-Aide Service will have sites in Presque Isle and Caribou this year. In Caribou, the site is located at the VFW building. Hours will be from 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays from Feb. 4-April 14.
By Kathy McCarty Staff Writer PRESQUE ISLE — Dixie Shaw, director of hunger and relief services for Catholic Charities’ office in Caribou, was in Presque Isle Jan. 13 to accept a $1,000 check from Emera Maine to be used for the agency’s food bank. Photo courtesy of Dixie Shaw Catholic Charities was the recent […]
Cory Desjardins CARIBOU — Cory Desjardins of Wallagrass has joined the Aviation group of design firm Stantec as a computer-aided design (CAD) technician based out of the Caribou office. In addition to his CAD experience, Desjardins has also worked as a surveyor and carpenter.
Cory Desjardins CARIBOU — Cory Desjardins of Wallagrass has joined the Aviation group of design firm Stantec as a computer-aided design (CAD) technician based out of the Caribou office. In addition to his CAD experience, Desjardins has also worked as a surveyor and carpenter.
CARIBOU — Representatives from across the forest products industry in northern Maine gathered Jan. 15 in Caribou at the Northern Maine Development Commission for a first ever Northern Forest Products Industry Cluster meeting. Contributed photo Representatives of the forest products industry gathered at the Northern Maine Development Commission on Jan. 15.
CARIBOU — The future of the Nordic Heritage Center in Presque Isle and the possibility of a national park near Baxter State Park dominated the latest Aroostook Partnership for Progress board of directors meeting held Jan. 9 in Caribou.
CARIBOU — The 2015 Maine Potato Conference will be held today and tomorrow at the Caribou Inn and Convention Center.
